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Go Rail diesel locomotive leaves Tallinn rail station. (Wikipedia, Kredit: Tibukonn)
Estonian Go Rail interrupts operations to Russia
Published: Mon, 2015-04-20 09:00- Likes 1
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Weak rouble makes trouble
Estonian private operator Go Rail, which runs the passenger trin connection Tallinn – Moscow and St Petersburg, confirmed on April 16 that it is to ‘temporarily ending’ its services, due to a ‘significant decrease in the number of tourists coming from Russia’.
Chief Executive Alar Pinsel assumed that ‘being a private company that uses its own assets, Go Rail cannot operate the routes based solely on ticket revenue.’
According to Pinsel, “The drop in the exchange rate of the rouble also makes travel expensive for Russian people. Without doubt, functioning of the train connection is useful for Estonia as a whole; however the routes were generating a financial loss for quite a long time”.
The last train on the route will depart from the Estonian capital on May 10, returning from St Petersburg the following day.
The date of the last overnight train on the Moscow route is still be confirmed, and is dependent on national passenger operator Eesti Raudtee being prepared to continue the carriage of passengers on the route.
Source: Go Rail
Av Markku Björkman
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